Missing 15-year-old South Side girl found, safe

A 15-year-old girl who was last seen outside a South Side high school on Halloween has been located and is now back home with her family, police said on Saturday.

A missing person alert was issued by police this week for Lynsey Kurek, of the 6000 block of South McVicker Avenue in the Clearing neighborhood. She was last seen at a bus stop outside nearby John F. Kennedy High School about 9 a.m. on Oct. 31, according to the alert.

Police on Saturday said that Lynsey had been found safe and has been reunited with her family.